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C enizo Journal
Volume 7 Number 3
C ONTRI B UTORS
Charles Angell lives near Ruidosa.
Exploring the Big Bend area is both his hobby
and his occupation. e-mail:charles@angellexpedi-
tions.com.
Rani Birchfield is a writer and freelancer
with congenital wanderlust who just passed her
three year mark of living in the Big Bend
region. She came to the high desert for a three
month trial period and continues to linger,
discovering new places, doing unusual things,
and meeting all sorts of people.
e-mail: [email protected]
Kelli J. Christenson is originally from San
Antonio and now lives in New Orleans.
She nonetheless has the great good fortune to
be a West Texan by marriage. e-mail:
[email protected]
Leah Cohen, originally from Dallas, Texas,
lived in Austin for 25 years before moving to
Marathon in '08. She has been taking photos
for over 40 years. She is continually inspired by
the beautiful vistas of the Big Bend and
Southwest. e-mail: [email protected]
Howdy-Nocoma Fowler was born and
raised on the Klamath Indian Reservation in
SE Oregon. He has lived and worked with the
White Mountain Apache as well as the San
Carlos and Mescalero Apache. He is presently
working on a book about Apache life. e-mail:
[email protected].
Danielle Gallo is a writer who is proud to be
the editor of the Cenizo Journal. She came to the
area in 2002 and currently lives in Marathon
with her family. e-mail: [email protected]
Jim Glendinning, an Oxford-educated Scot,
lives in Alpine. The story of his travels, Footloose
Scot, has just been published, as has Legendary
Locals of the Big Bend & Davis Mountains for
Arcadia Press. e-mail: [email protected]
Bob Miles is a third generation native of the
Davis Mountains area and a retired Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department Park superin-
tendent. e-mail: [email protected].
Chris Ruggia is an Alpine-based cartoonist
(jackcomics.com) and graphic designer
(vastgraphics.com). He and his wife Ellen own
Vast Graphics in Alpine. e-mail: chris@
vastgraphics.com
James R. Siebold, PhD was a psychologist,
photographer and writer. He and his wife,
Judy Eron, built and occupied a self-sufficient
home at Terlingua Ranch. Bi-polar disorder
was responsible for his suicide in 1997.
C. W. (Bill) Smith is a writer, historian, and
curator of the Terrell County Memorial
Museum. e-mail: [email protected]
Carolyn Brown Zniewski has been a food
writer and recipe columnist for ten years. She
currently lives in Marathon. e-mail:
[email protected]
Maya Brown Zniewski is an herbalist and
soapmaker who enjoys frequent visits to the
Big Bend area. Her handmade salves, soaps
and tinctures are available at her website,
mayamade.net. e-mail: mayamadeapothecary
@gmail.com
Cover: "Latigo Landscape" watercolor,
Roger Wilson
Copy editor: Carolyn Brown Zniewski
Published by Cenizo Journal LLC
P.O. Box 2025, Alpine, Texas 79831
www.cenizojournal.com
C E NI ZO JOUR N AL ST AFF
PUBLISHER
Carolyn Brown Zniewski
[email protected]
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BUSINESS MANAGER
Lou Pauls
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Cenizo
Third Quarter 2015
EDITOR
Danielle Gallo
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WEB MANAGER
Maya Brown Zniewski
ADVERTISING
Rani Birchfield
[email protected]
DESIGN/PRODUCTION
Wendy Lynn Wright
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